Clothes-line support.



' .1. McCABE.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7, 1915.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

wilneaozo THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. C.

. WILLIAM J'. MoCABE, Oli NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE surron'r.

Specification of Letters Patent. V

PatentedMar. 21, 1916.

Application filed October 7, 1915. Serial No. 54,572.

To alljwhom it may concern:

.Belit known that 1, WILLIAM J; MoCABn,

a" citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Line Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledfin the art to which it'appertains to make and use the same."

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes line supports and more particularly to that class adapted to be suspendedfrom a post, building, or similar object, and my object is to provide a plurality of clothes line sections and movably mount the same on supporting arms.

A further object is to so arrangesaid arms that they may be folded into compact form around a supporting rod.

A further object is to provide a combined supporting bracket and housing for the supporting rod and arms. h

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying specification. y

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the clothes lines and supporting means therefor in operative position by full lines and in folded position by dotted lines, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the outer end of the supporting bracket, showing the line supports in folded position.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a window frame of a building, to the outer face of which is attached a hinge member 2 to which is pivotally attached a head 3 walls of the bracket with studs 8 on the head 3 or to disengage the tongues therefrom.

The tongues '7 are so positioned on the side walls of the bracket that when in enof the slot6 the tongues will swing clear of the studs 8 and permit the bracket to swing downwardly to a vertical position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Pivotally attached between the side walls of the bracket and adjacent the outer ends thereof is a swivel head 9 to which is swivelly attached a supporting rod 10, the opposite end of said rod having a collar 11 fixed thereto in which are formed a plurality of channels 12 to receive the ends of the line supporting arms 13, said arms being pivotally secured in said channels.

Attached to one face of eacharm, adjacent the inner and outer ends thereof, are

sheaves 14 around which are mounted endsecurely holding them in folded position.

After the arms are secured bv the sleeve 16, the supporting rod may be swung upwardly and housed within the bracket 4. A latch 17 engages the collar 11 and holds the supporting rod against swinging motion. The bracket 4 may then be swung to a vertical position as shown'by dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby disposing the support in close proximity to the wall of the building or window frame.

In applying the device to use, the bracket 4: is first swung to a horizontal position and then moved inwardly until the tongues 7 pass below the studs 8, thus holding the bracket in rigid horizontal position but permitting the same to swing laterally in view of the hinged connection of the head 3 with as to limit the downward swinging movement of the arms. The bracket iis then (moved laterally until the .end of oneof the m s iuxtapbsi ien o the wi dbw when the" garments to be dried are placed up n the 1, ,up n that Pa l arm and as the line can be moved lengthwise the op:- e atq is no r qui ed to lea 1 1 0 th window order to .engage the garment with the line adjacent .the' end the igf attached to the collar, ,as by movingithe line lengthwise aroundthe sheaves, the first garment attached to the line may ,he ,moved'to the inner end of thearm.

It will likewise be seen that :by swivelly attaching ,the supporting rod 10 to the swivel head said rod'and arms carried thereby may be rotated :to successively b i g the e d o h a ms be0r the Mi dew" to reeeivethe garments to ,bedri e'd.

It will likewise be seen that when the device is not in use, vcan he folded into very compact form and disposed ,in close position to the object to which it is attached and is designed primarily for use in large .cities where space limited ,or upon ,tall build- H Y ns t us fu y d e ih my i ent ve wh i im a new and dee o 'ing-rod swivelly attached to said head, arms pivoted to said rod, endless lines movably secured-to said arms, and meansltofholdthe arms in; t-fq ided m i 2." A clothes line support, comprising a hollow r t a ehQMhPWQiQ-i a wi h. end ir h b aeket, m ansr a t r narrateda naaeit aud'aaed by th he d; to g e on th h a e adap ed ,to engag e-theistuds to vhold the bljacketin horizontal position, .a swivel head pivoted ,to'the ,outerwend of the hrackehla rod swivel ly v,secured to said 1 head, farmslpivotally fi ur d t sa d e in m ably'a tache t th talent an mean t to th th mcland =1 arms housedwithi njsaid bracket.

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